Oil can



g- 20, 1929- R. J. ANSCHICKS 1,725,336

OIL CAN Filed July 13, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 g- 1929- R. J. ANSCHICKS 1,725,386

OIL CAN Filed July 13, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I a m Patented Aug. 20, 1929.

UNITED STATES v 1,725,386 PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH .T. msomoxs, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB 'ro rao'rnc'rosm collrm or memos, or cnrcaeo, ILLINOIS, a conpomm or ILLINOIS,

on. can.

Application filed July 13, 1925. Serial No. 48,295.

My invention relates to oil cans, such as are commonly used for holding kerosene, gasoline and other highly explosive oils. The invention has among its other objects the production of devices of the kind described which are safe, simple, durable, compact and satisfactory for use wherever found applicable. A particular object of the invention is to provide devices of the kind described having filler openings and discharge spouts of improved construction, the discharge spouts being disposed at the filler openings. Many other objects and advantages of the construction herein shown and described will be obvious to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein given.

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described,

and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts:

5 Fig. 1 is a plan view of an oil can embodying the novel features of my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved oil can; 1

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 0 Fig. 1; and

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections taken on lines 44 and 55, respectively, of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character 10 designates in general an oil can of any suitable size and shape, the body of the can being made of any suitable material. The can may be provided with a handle 11 secured to the can by brackets 12. The handle 11 provides means whereby the device maybe carried from place to place. In the preferred embodiment of my invention, the can 10 is also provided with a substantially U-shaped handle 14 rigidly secured to the can and provided with an aperture 15, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The can 10 is provided with a filler opening 17 of any desired diameter, the wall of the can surrounding the filler opening 17 being reinforced by a tubular member 18 which is secured to the can by rivets 19 or the e uivalent. The tubular member 18 is provi ed with a frustro-conical surface 21 conforming to a frustro-conical surface 22 formed upon a discharge spout 23, these tapered surfaces bein provided to form a su stantially .gas tig t 'oint between the tubular member and t e spout. Screwthreaded upon the tubular member 18 is a collar 25 provided with an inwardly proectmg annular flange 26 which is engageable with an annular shoulder 27 formed upon the spout 23. The collar 25 is formed wlth lntegral lugs 25", whereby the collar 25 may be screwed onto or unscrewed from the tubular member 18. Obviously, the collar 25 may be manipulated to detachably secure the spout 23 to the tubular member 18. Projecting downwardly from the s out 23 is a pin 28 adapted to enter a notc 29 formed 1n a plate 30, the plate 30 being soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the can 10. This construction permits the spout 23 to be properly positioned upon the can when it is assembled therewith.

Screw-threaded into the lower end of the spout 23 is a ring 32 having the upper end of a perforate tube 34 soldered thereto. The lower end of the perforate tube 34 is provided with an imperforate bottom plate 35 adapted to support a perforate tube 37 disposed within the perforate tube 34, the perfora'te tube 37 being preferably provided with an 'imperforate bottom wall 39. The upper end of the perforate tube 37 is flared outwardly as at 40 and is engageable with an annular shoulder 42 formed in the spout 23, the annular shoulder 42 being designed to hold the perforate tube 37 in its proper place within the perforate tube 34. The perforate tubes 34 and 37 may be made of any suitable material, such as wire mesh and the like, but I prefer to form them from sheet metal.

Formed integral with the spout 23 are lugs 44 carrying a pin 45 upon which is mounted a bracket. member 47. Formed integral with the bracket member 47 is a cap 48 adapted to close the outer end of the discharge s out 23, the cap 48 being provided with pac ing 49 which is secured to the cap by a screw 50. A spring 52 wound around the pin 45 normally holds the cap 48 in the position wherein it closes the spout 23. A pin 54 pivotally connects a link 55 with the bracket member 47, a cotter pin 56 being passed through the pin 54 to revent accidental displacement thereof re ative to the link and the bracket member. The 55 projects through the aforementioned aperture 15 provided in the handle 14 and at its free end carries a finger piece 58 which may be engaged by the operator and brought into the position wherein it is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 to swin the cap 48 out of the position wherein it c oses the discharge spout 23. O

In practice the joint formed by the frustro-conical surfaces 21 and 22 prevents vapor arising from the oil carried in the can 10 from passing between the spout 23 and the tubular member 18. The perforate tubes 34 and 37 prevent the contents of the can from becoming ignited and exploding as it 1s impossible for a flame to pass through the apertures formed in the tubes. The device 1s therefore non-explosive.

The perforate tubes 34 and 37 may be periodically removed from the can and cleaned. When the tubes 34 and 37 are to be removed from the can, the cotter pin 56 is first withdrawn from the pin 54, wh1ch is then withdrawn from the link 55 and the bracket member 471 The collar 25 is then unscrewed from the tubular member 18 and the discharge spout 23 together with the cap 48, the collar 25, the ring 32 and the tubes 34 and 37 are lifted from the can. The ring 32 may then be unscrewed from the spout 23, thus permitting the tube 37 to be removed from the tube 34. After the tubes have been cleaned, the tube 37 is again positioned within the tube 34 and the ring 32 is screwed into the spout 23, and the spout is assembled with the tubular member 18 in such manner that the pin 28 engages the slot 29 formed in the plate 30. The collar 25 may then be manipulated to lock the spout to the can. The pin 54 is then properly assembled with the link 55 and the bracket member 47, and the device is ready for use.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that various immaterial modifications may be made in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention; hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described or uses mentioned.

. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a receptacle for holding explosive liquids and having an opening therein, of a metallic annular member secured to the receptacle at said opening, said annular member being provided with a frustro-eonical surface, a metallic spout provided with a frustro-conical surface adapted to seat upon said first-mentioned frustro-conical surface to form a fluid-tight joint, a plurality of concentrically arranged separable perforate tubes detachably secured to the spout to project downward therefrom,

9 and means for detachably securing the spout to the annular member.

2. The combination with a receptacle for holding liquid and having a filler opening, of a spout having a tapered surface seated in the filler opening, means for indicating a predetermined position for the spout relative to the filler opening, and means carried by the spout for closing it.

3. The combination with a receptacle for holding liquid and having a tapered filler opening, of a spout seated in the filler opening, means for indicating a predetermined position for the spout relative to the filler opening, and means carried by the spout for closing it.

4. The combination with a receptacle for .holding liquid and having a filler opening,

of a spout seated in the filler opening, means for indicating a predetermined position for the spout relative to the filler opening, means carried by the spout for closing it, a handle secured to the receptacle, and means mounted in the handle for operating the spout closing means.

5. The combination with a receptacle for holding explosive liquids and having an opening therein, of an annular member secured to the receptacle at said opening, said annular member having its outer surface threaded and a frustro-conical seat formed on its inner surface at one end, a spout, said spout having a frustro-conical portion and a shoulder adjacent thereto, said frustro-conical portion of said spout engaging the frustro-conical portion of said annular member, a securing member for securing said spout to said annular member, said securing member engaging the threads on said annular member and having an annular flange, said annular flange engaging said shoulder.

6. In a receptacle'for holding explosive liquids and in combination, a spout, a perforated tubular member removably engaging said spout, and a second erforated tubular member enclosed by said rst perforated tubular member, a shoulder on said spout, said shoulder engaged by said second perforated tubular member.

7. In a receptacle for holding explosive 115 liquids and in combination, a spout, a perforated tubular member de ending from said spout, a second perforate tubular member enclosed by said first tubular member, said second tubular member having one end 120 flared and removably engaging said spout.

8. In a receptacle for holding explosive liquids and in combination, aspout, an annular recess in the said spout at one end, an annular ring removably secured in said re- 1 5 cess,a perforated tubular member, said per forated tubular member attached to said annular ring.

9. The combination with a receptacle for holding explosive liquids and having an 130 opening therein, of a metallic annular member secured to said receptacle at said opening, and provided with a frustro-conical inner surface, a metallic pouring s but having a frustro-conical portion seated upon said frustro-conical surface of said annular member and contacting therewith to form a fluid tight joint whereby leakage of fluid between said spout and said annular member is prevented, means for detachably securing said spout to said annular member, a pluralit of concentrically arranged tubular members having a plurality of flame-proof apertures secured to said spout and projecting into said receptacle, whereby said spout and said tubular members may be removed from said receptacle and be placed in position as a unit.

10. The combination with a receptacle for holding explosive liquids and having an opening therein, of a metallic annular member secured to said receptacle at said opening and provided with a frustro-conical inner surface, a metallic pouring spout having a frustro-conical portion seated upon said frustro-conical surface of said annular member and contacting therewith to form a fluid tight joint, means for detachably securing said spout to said annular member, a tubular member having a pluralit'yof flame-proof apertures therein, said tubular member being secured to said spout to project into said receptacle, whereby said spout and said tubular member may be moved from said receptacle and placed in position, in said receptacle'as a unit. a

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

RUDOLPH J. ANSCHICKS: 

